Steve Wozniak had a plane crash this week in 1981. The injuries from that accident lead to Mr. Wozniak taking a leave of absence from Apple. Four years later, Mr. Wozniak leaves Apple altogether because he felt the Apple II was getting short shrift because of the new Macintosh. Jump ahead to 1986, and Steve…
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TMO Reports - Apple's UK Market Share Surges In Q4 With A Little iPod Help
Apple Computer shipped 25 percent more Macs in the UK in the last quarter of 2003 than the previous year, according to marketing intelligence firm IDC. An analyst for the company believes consumer interest in Apple’s iPod portable music player helped to spotlight its Macintosh PC and benefited sales. For the full year, Apple had…
Could Apple Fend Off Viruses If It Were In Microsoft's Place?
As the MyDoom virus continues making the rounds, surely many Mac users are gloating about the fact that other than a clogged mailbox, the virus is doing them no harm. Many like to point out that virus and worm writers ignore the Mac platform due to the small amount of potential victims, and that if…
Morse Code Transmitter Updated From Black Cat
Version 1.0.1 of Black Cat CW Keyer has been released. Black Cat CW Keyer lets you send morse code from your computer. You can type out the text to be sent(immediately or buffered) as well as create and send from one key macros. You can also send fromtext files. You can control the speed (wpm)…
DEVONtech Updates DEVONthink And DEVONagent
DEVONtechnologies extends the freeform database and information manager DEVONthink and updates DEVONagent, its intelligent search agent and alternative browser. DEVONthink 1.8 allows the creation of Wiki-style links to build cross-references from RTF texts to other documents, images, bookmarks or links. Going just one step further, DEVONthink also allows to make every piece of text a…
Just A Thought - Is Microsoft Losing Its Grip?
If you own a small business then you know personally how tight your profits margins can get, and it never helps when the infrastructure you depend on to do business keeps costing you more and more each year. It’s a classic cycle where you must stay competitive and keep your prices low, which leaves you…
Mandolux Posts New Desktops
Mandolux has issued four Vector-based (Abstract/Techno), one Bonzai/Taran (Nature), and one Asiana (Art) There is a new killer Vector-based dual giant desktop titled Poddies. A techno-induced mix of abstract and surreal vector-based objects and patterns combined with snippets of an iPod. The inspiration of this desktop came from the wonderful short article in the UK…
I Won! I Won A Free Song! [Updated With Getting The Song]
I say to myself, “Iim not a big Pepsi drinker, but what the heck! Letis give it a go.” So I select the bottle that I am sure has the 1 chance in 3 of having an iTunes code in the cap, and pay the nice lady behind the counter. Iim walking back to my…
Good Knight, Bill Gates?
OK kiddies, file this away in your, ‘Now don’t that beat all!’ department: William H. Gates III, of Microsoft fame and fortune, will be knighted by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth, for, “outstanding contribution to enterprise.” No kidding! Here’s the Reuters News report, titled Bill Gates to be knighted by Queen Elizabeth: Microsoft co-founder and chairman…
Tiny Mo Kim Is Cute And Smart To Boot!
S oooo, you think you have or know of a smart and talented tot, eh? The tike you know corners the market on cute and defines precociousness. To be sure, your Junior or Princess is as cute as a button and smart as a whip, but youill have to admit that your kid has stiff…
Microsoft Goes After Mike Rowe For Copyright Infringement
I f we ran something like the excellent “News of the Weird” feature, this would surely qualify: Microsoft is demanding that a young man named Mike Rowe give up his domain of MikeRoweSoft.com (say it out loud). The reason? Why Mr. Mike Rowe is guilty of copyright infringement, according to Big Redmond. From an article…
TMO Reports - Apple's US Market Share Declines Slightly In 2003 & Fourth Quarter
Apple’s market share continued to deteriorated in the US last quarter and for the year 2003 overall, according to data released by technology market intelligence firm IDC. Apple’s domestic market share fell fractionally to 3.2 percent from 3.5 percent in 2002 and its calendar fourth-quarter numbers fell 0.2 percent from the previous year to 2.8…
CBS News: Oh Boy! More iPods! And GarageBand Too!
“…And I shall call him, Mini Me.” Dr. Evil People absolutely love their iPods. Well, most people, anyways. The little white and silver player was a hit this past Holiday buying season, and downloading music from the iTunes Music Store seems to be as addictive as eating those potato chip that claim you can’t eat…
TMO Reports - Merrill Lynch: Apple "Has Its Groove Back"; Must Update iMac Form Soon
A new analyst report from brokerage firm Merrill Lynch has recommended buying Apple Computer stock saying the company “has its groove back for now,” but expects competition in the portable music player market to get fierce and test Apple’s 31 percent market share. In a new analysis report for clients obtained by The Mac Observer,…
Northern Softworks Updates Panther Cache Cleaner With LCD Testing
Northern Softworks today announced the release of version 2.1 of Panther Cache Cleaner, its popular OS X maintenance and utility application. What is Panther Cache Cleaner? Panther Cache Cleaner is a utility designed to provide easy access to numerous OS X maintenance and utility options. When used in combination with OS Xis disk repair tools,…
Apple Shares Fall 5.58% Despite New, Positive Advice
D espite two new glowing recommendations from stock analysts, Apple Computeris stock price fell more than five-and-a-half percent Thursday on investor concerns that Power Mac sales fell 15,000 units and Appleis overall profit margins slipped almost a full percentage point in the calendar fourth quarter of last year. Appleis share price closed down US$1.35, to…
Apple Sees Increased Usage In The Field Of Genetics
A couple of years ago, we heard of an Australian geneticist using his iPod to carry around the entire human genome. According to an article at Forbes, Apple’s presence in the realm of genetic research is by no means limited to genetic information being carted around on MP3 players. For example, Princeton’s Lewis-Sigler Institute for…
Chinese Company Copies Power Mac G4 Design
W hen the iMac was introduced, Apple found that a few companies from Japan and the US thought they could copy Appleis industrial design. One company, Future Power, went so far as to claim that people had a right to industrial design. Future Poweris General Manager, Bill Voecks, said in response to an Apple lawsuit…
TMO Panther Desktop Contest Winners & 22 Desktop Images!
N ow that the holidays are behind us, and the 12-story TMO Christmas Tree and the 20-gallon eggnog encrusted punch bowl have been boxed up and stored in the attic of TMO Towers, we can announce the winners of the TMO Desktop Picture Contest! (The next contest should be to guess how many frickin boxes…
26 More Pics From The Floor
O ne of our most popular features during a Macworld show is the picture galleries. People who canit make the show like to see what they are missing, and we appreciate the clamor for more pics. Accordingly, we are offering up our third picture gallery taken from the floor. This time out we have some…
Digital Networks Proud Of Its Rio Being Panned By Steve Jobs (W/Pics & Corrected)
[Editor’s Note: As originally reported, this story said that the Rio referred to in this story was priced at US$149. While true, the flip side is that it isn’t the same Rio referred to by Steve Jobs in his Macworld keynote. Steve Jobs was comparing the iPod Mini to a 256 MB version of this…
39 More Pics From The Show Floor
O ne of our most popular features during a Macworld show is the picture galleries. People who canit make the show like to see what they are missing, and we appreciate the clamor for more pics. Accordingly, we are offering up the first picture gallery taken from the floor. Todayis pics come from Wednesdayis show…
Apple Has Sold Over 2 Million iPods, Introduces New Colorful iPod Mini
The iPod phenomenon continues to roll on, with Steve Jobs today announcing that Apple has sold over 2 million iPods since its debut, having sold 730,000 iPods in the December quarter alone. In addition, 10GB iPod has been moved up to 15GB for the same US$299 price point, and Apple has introduced a new 4…
Apple Introduces Final Cut Express 2
Apple today introduced the second major version of Final Cut Express, a “prosumer” video editing application based on it’s bigger brother, Final Cut Pro. The new version delivers RT Extreme features for real-time compositing, an updated interface, real-time color correction and more. From the press release: Apple� today introduced Final Cut� Express 2, the next…